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Who: Jacob Kane (Cain) & someone else. Maybe you.
When: October 14th and forward.
Where: All around Keeliai.
What: Hoofing it around town to get a better finger on the pulse of current happenings. If it's a place where people are, Cain could feasibly be there.
Warnings / rating: Nah.

It was really rather astonishing how quickly Cain could adapt to things. He even surprised himself sometimes, what with the fact that he had literally been pulled into another world with a universe-threatening war and only a few hours after the fact he was on the streets looking for more information. Part of it, he acknowledged, was simply that it hadn't sunken in all the way yet. Regardless of that fact, it was always smarter to push forward than stand still when the world was still spinning around him.

Early on, it was easy to see that he was pissing off some kedan just by being around and initiating conversation. Cain started to pick his questions more carefully, but it wasn't going to stop him; kedan population seemed way higher than foreigner population and that was where he was going to need to get gossip or info if from anywhere. He wasn't above pestering some people on the street or trying to get shopping done if it looked like he might get away with starting a conversation.

Hell, Cain was even willing to stoop to the old classic: "Hey, do you have the time?"

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The feet didn't bother Cain. He merely nudged his plate away from possibly getting kicked and made no other note of the motion. Dante was being casual more than outright rude and Cain didn't care much besides. He had sat through a lot worse than someone with no table manners.

"Oh? Name three peaceful things about it."

[royalguard_style]

"The place isn't crawling with monsters yet." Dante's standards of "peaceful" were very low.

"The cultists are actually cowards when they don't think they're winning. And there's been next to no fighting."

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Cain laughed. All right, that was generally a peaceful situation when put like that, but not exactly the sort most people would consider in their current environment. Then again, it took a lot to make someone give up home when you were embroiled in a war and weren't ready to throw in the towel.

"I'll give you those," he allowed. "Doesn't mean the rest of it isn't shit, though. Has there been any motion in fixing that? Actual motion."

[royalguard_style]

Sadly, this was in comparison to his real home. He had only been here for a few months, and for the bulk of it the shell had been the more peaceful option, and still was.

"Well, we've been working on fixing the problem with the evil world-devouring guy, but apart from that? You'd have to ask someone else about the other problems."

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If Dante was comparing to his own world, then Cain really didn't want to go visit. Even the problems he had back home weren't quite as flamboyant as the ones Keeliai was experiencing although the severity might have been easily matched.

"Fair enough," Cain said with a dip of his head. "Jacob Kane, by the way. Thanks for the lunch."

[royalguard_style]

Dante's world sucked, and admittedly there were things that he would certainly trade that crapsack for. But it suited him, so that was something.

"Dante" He nodded back. "Next time, try asking before you start telling a guy to pay for your food. I didn't even agree to a date or get to pick out a pretty dress."

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"What, this isn't speed-dating?" Cain asked facetiously. There was a lot he could say to the joking, he could insist on seriousness and keep them on track, but there didn't really seem to be a whole lot of track to cover when it was all boiled down to the basics. They really were just in a tight spot with little to no direction on where to go until something presented itself.

[royalguard_style]

"I've never been on a speed-date where I've had to pay for anything, so I'd say not." It was aimless smartassery, but that was just how he spoke most of the time. He actually was fairly on track. "So, can I chalk you down for team "please kill this son of a bitch ASAP"?"